Black Lives Matter, staff at Little Rock Pride clash over protest; police called

A Black Lives Matter nonviolent protest at a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender pride festival in Little Rock was disrupted when event staff members tried to take back the microphone and shoo the group off stage, and police were called to the scene.

In a video posted on social media, roughly a dozen activists gathered Sunday to protest Club Sway, a popular gay nightclub in Little Rock that regularly hosts drag performances.

Protesters were upset by a previous show in which a white drag queen called himself an “Ebony Enchantress,” wore a long braided wig and smashed and ate watermelon on stage, Black Lives Matter member Zachary Miller wrote in a Facebook post.

Both Club Sway and the drag queen issued apologies in July, co-owner Jason Wiest said. The group did not accept them, saying the owners did not take responsibility for their actions, Miller wrote.

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